Stevie in NYC today at Jazz at Lincoln Center

[MacMan]

According to Led-Zeppelin.com, some of the biggest names in rock music, including Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins and the surviving members of LED ZEPPELIN, will attend a private memorial in New York on Tuesday (April 17) for their late boss, Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun.

Clapton, Collins and Stevie Nicks are among the scheduled performers, an Atlantic spokeswoman said. The event, organized by Ertegun's widow Mica, will take place at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/bla...wsitemID=70680

[Livia]

I want to be there....very badly! I hope it's filmed!

[DashingDan]

Originally Posted by Livia

I want to be there....very badly! I hope it's filmed!

Oh dear, did you know him?

[Livia]

No, but what difference does that make? It doesn't sound like a somber event - more like a celebration of his life.

[SpyNote]

Stevie, Zeppelin, and Rock and Roll, no doubt.

[estranged4life]

Former LED ZEPPELIN Members, ERIC CLAPTON And Others To Attend Private Memorial For Late Atlantic Records Founder Ahmet Ertegun Today

According to Reuters, some of the biggest names in rock music, including MICK JAGGER, ERIC CLAPTON, PHIL COLLINS and the surviving members of LED ZEPPELIN, will attend a private memorial in New York today (April 17th) for their late boss, Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun.

Clapton, Collins and STEVIE NICKS are among the scheduled performers, an Atlantic spokeswoman said. The event, organized by Ertegun's widow Mica, will take place at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Jagger is one of the speakers. Bette Midler will host.

Ertegun died last December aged 83, after suffering a brain injury when he fell backstage at a Rolling Stones show in October. The Turkish immigrant co-founded Atlantic in 1947, and brought the blues, jazz and R&B of his adopted country to the masses. The label's rock roster was equally impressive.

Other scheduled performers will include CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG, SOLOMON BURKE, KID ROCK and SAM MOORE, BEN E. KING, WYNTON MARSALIS, MANHATTAN TRANSFER, and DR. JOHN (with Clapton).

[The Catdancer]

She did Stand Back and Rock 'n Roll.

[Enchantd58]

Damn, wish I had known that - I was running all over the city yesterday, would've been a great side trip to make just to get a glimpse. Oh well.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by The Catdancer

She did Stand Back and Rock 'n Roll.

Was Rock and Roll done with Robert Plant??

[estranged4life]

Never thought I would see the day that a post mentioning "RoadRunner Records" would make it onto a Fleetwood Mac related site

Btw, "RoadRunner Records" is a metal label just in case ya didnt know

[Livia]

http://www.celebritymound.com/?p=4782 The woman on the right is May Andersen, supermodel - Kid Rock's girlfriend maybe??? Oh my, she's quite a troublemaker - I check out her mug shot on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Andersen

[Livia]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,3...110878,00.html

Star-studded rock farewell to Atlantic boss

Dan Glaister in Los Angeles
Wednesday April 18, 2007

Guardian

It was a line-up worthy of a rock legend. Mick Jagger was to give a speech, Eric Clapton, Stevie Nicks and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young were billed to perform, and Bette Middler was the host.
The guest list for last night's memorial for Ahmet Ertegun, the founder of Atlantic Records, who died in December aged 83, included the surviving members of Led Zeppelin and artists as diverse as Kid Rock, Wynton Marsalis and Manhattan Transfer.

And in true rock style, a frisson of transgression was expected: Ertegun's widow, Mica, was reported to have invited three of his mistresses.

Ertegun, who nurtured the careers of many of rock's biggest names, died from brain injuries after a fall backstage at a Rolling Stones concert in October.

Inspired by seeing a concert by jazz singer Cab Calloway, the Turkish immigrant launched Atlantic Records in 1947 with the help of a $10,000 loan from the family dentist. The label recorded early success with R&B artists such as Big Joe Turner and Ruth Brown, before crossing into a wider market in the late 1950s with artists such as Ray Charles and crooner Bobby Darin.

In the 1960s Ertegun and Atlantic offered a US home to British acts including the Stones, Led Zeppelin and Dusty Springfield. US acts included the Allman Brothers, Buffalo Springfield, Stevie Nicks and Roberta Flack.

Although Atlantic was swamped by the corporate mergers that defined the recording industry from the late 1960s, Ertegun retained his influence and his independence.

[Livia]

http://www.eonline.com/news/article/...a-03774a8fd8f9

Jagger, Clapton, Midler & More Honor Atlantic's Ertegun

by Natalie Finn

Led Zeppelin didn't reunite, but plenty of Ahmet Ertegun's other disciples were more than happy to take the stage together.

Rock icons such as Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Stevie Nicks, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young gathered at New York's Lincoln Center Tuesday to pay tribute to the Atlantic Records chairman, who died Dec. 14 at 83.

Tragically, yet oddly fittingly, Ertegun died of a head injury suffered in October when he fell down at a Rolling Stones concert. A mover and a shaker until the end, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer signed and nurtured rockers such as the Stones and Led Zeppelin, as well as some of the biggest names in soul and R&B, including Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding.

Jagger remembered his boss at Atlantic as "the wicked uncle with the wicked chuckle," saying he could never keep up with the dapper Turk.

The event's host, Bette Midler, said that Ertegun could "charm the birds out of the trees," and reminisced how she had grown up on Atlantic music, tunes that "promised there was a party somewhere."

As one would expect, "Ahmet Ertegun: A Celebration" was largely a musical affair.

Performers included Clapton, who led a band featuring New Orleans pianist Dr. John through Percy Mayfield's "Please Send Me Someone to Love" and Stick McGhee's "Drinkin' Wine Spo-dee-o-dee"; Phil Collins, who sang "In the Air Tonight" and then, joined by the rest of Genesis, "Follow You, Follow Me"; Ben E. King, who crooned "Don't Play That Song," which Ertegun helped write; Crosby, Stills & Nash, who took on the Beatles' "In My Life" before Neil Young joined them for "Helplessly Hoping"; Young, who coupled with Stephen Stills on "Mr. Soul"; Stevie Nicks, who sang a double feature of "Stand Back" and Led Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll"; Solomon Burke; and, adding a contemporary vibe, Kid Rock.

Rock, who also attended Ertegun's funeral in his native Istanbul, took on the Wilson Pickett classic "In the Midnight Hour" and Sam and Dave's "I Thank You," with the help of Sam Moore.

"I hope that today's musicians have someone like Ahmet," Young said.

Other notables on hand to celebrate Ertegun's legacy and pay their respect's to the late impresario's wife, Mica, included New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, designer Oscar de la Renta, Ray director Taylor Hackford, David Geffen, Henry Kissinger and Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner.

I would've LOVED to hear CSN's version of "In My Life."

[The Catdancer]

Some pictures (thanks, Nathrach!!!)

[The Catdancer]

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